Pope Francis updates penal code for Eastern Churches
The new laws for the twenty-three Eastern Catholic Churches brings them in line with previous reforms to the Latin Code of Canon Law.
Pope Francis issued new reforms to the penal law of the Code of Canons for the Eastern Churches on Wednesday, bringing the code into harmony with the revised Latin Code of Canon Law, which the pope reissued two years ago.
In a motu proprio signed March 20 but announced by the Vatican on April 5, Francis formally amended twenty-three canons of the easter…